Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 13:57:32 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com> To: tlambert2@mindspring.com Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Mall now BSDCentral Message-ID: <3B4B420C.1947DABE@iowna.com> References: <200107100332.UAA13663@usr01.primenet.com> <3B4B0856.A67F02FD@iowna.com> <3B4B3866.FBFF9A65@mindspring.com>
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Terry Lambert wrote: > > If anyone is taking a vote, I disagree. I do not want any system > > ever assuming anything about my network. Even Win checks with the > > user before enabling DHCP. > > FYI: The networking bootstrap process I described above > is derived from the process used by Windows 98 and above, > as it comes configured by default on systems with integral > network cards. Personally, I don't consider win98 a reference point by which to model OS design. When you say win98 and above do you include the NT line (win2k)? With the _current_ IPv4 network, I don't see any good reason for servers to use DHCP, and FreeBSD is primarily a server OS, so why should it default to DHCP? > The "link.local" draft RFC for doing the > IPv4 stateless autoconfiguration was coauthored by a > Microsoft employee. I'm not familiar with the standards you reference above, what's the RFC#? > See the IETF "ZEROCONF" working group for more details: > this stuff is going to be part of the standards soon. Possibly. But then again, IPv6 will change a number of the rules as we know them. Which will be adopted and come into widespread use first is a matter for fortune tellers. -Bill To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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